diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_cacheinfo.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_cacheinfo.c
index 08c91abc4d32..3976ce95095f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_cacheinfo.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_cacheinfo.c
@@ -814,16 +814,24 @@ static struct _cache_attr cache_disable_0 = __ATTR(cache_disable_0, 0644,
 static struct _cache_attr cache_disable_1 = __ATTR(cache_disable_1, 0644,
 		show_cache_disable_1, store_cache_disable_1);
 
+#define DEFAULT_SYSFS_CACHE_ATTRS	\
+	&type.attr,			\
+	&level.attr,			\
+	&coherency_line_size.attr,	\
+	&physical_line_partition.attr,	\
+	&ways_of_associativity.attr,	\
+	&number_of_sets.attr,		\
+	&size.attr,			\
+	&shared_cpu_map.attr,		\
+	&shared_cpu_list.attr
+
 static struct attribute *default_attrs[] = {
-	&type.attr,
-	&level.attr,
-	&coherency_line_size.attr,
-	&physical_line_partition.attr,
-	&ways_of_associativity.attr,
-	&number_of_sets.attr,
-	&size.attr,
-	&shared_cpu_map.attr,
-	&shared_cpu_list.attr,
+	DEFAULT_SYSFS_CACHE_ATTRS,
+	NULL
+};
+
+static struct attribute *default_l3_attrs[] = {
+	DEFAULT_SYSFS_CACHE_ATTRS,
 	&cache_disable_0.attr,
 	&cache_disable_1.attr,
 	NULL
@@ -916,6 +924,7 @@ static int __cpuinit cache_add_dev(struct sys_device * sys_dev)
 	unsigned int cpu = sys_dev->id;
 	unsigned long i, j;
 	struct _index_kobject *this_object;
+	struct _cpuid4_info   *this_leaf;
 	int retval;
 
 	retval = cpuid4_cache_sysfs_init(cpu);
@@ -934,6 +943,14 @@ static int __cpuinit cache_add_dev(struct sys_device * sys_dev)
 		this_object = INDEX_KOBJECT_PTR(cpu, i);
 		this_object->cpu = cpu;
 		this_object->index = i;
+
+		this_leaf = CPUID4_INFO_IDX(cpu, i);
+
+		if (this_leaf->can_disable)
+			ktype_cache.default_attrs = default_l3_attrs;
+		else
+			ktype_cache.default_attrs = default_attrs;
+
 		retval = kobject_init_and_add(&(this_object->kobj),
 					      &ktype_cache,
 					      per_cpu(ici_cache_kobject, cpu),